Resources
This page provides information about resources, procedures, and guidelines at Central Community College as well as definitions for commonly used acronyms and terminology.
This glossary includes acronyms, terminology, and definitions commonly used at Central Community College. If you find that a commonly used term or acronym is missing from the list, please email FRC@cccneb.edu.
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Atto Editor: The default text editor in Moodle. Atto Editor provides options for checking the accessibility of content created in Moodle. It looks for things like alternate text (alt. text), captions, and color contrast.
Asynchronous Communication: Asynchronous communication does not require all parties involved in the communication event to be present at the same time (e-mail, discussion forums, blogs or text-messages via cell phones).
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Bold: A FONT FORMAT
C
CCC: Central Community College
D
DL: Distance Learning
DIY / Non-DIY: Do-It-Yourself -
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Energy
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FRC: Faculty Resource Center - an office that serves the professional learning needs of faculty and administration relating to creating quality curriculum, instruction, and assessment in programs and courses.
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Good: A WEAK DESCRIPTOR, BUT AN ADJECTIVE, NONETHELESS.
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H / HAS: Hastings
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Individualized Instruction: This modality includes labs, clinicals, and practicums.
IP: Internet Protocol - CCC’s video system broadcast to campus or high school sites is called the IP system.
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Just a placeholder
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K / KRNY: Kearney - Kearney Learning Center
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LMS / Learning Management System: A LMS uses software or web-based application to deliver, track, and manage learning content, learner interactions, and learner progress. CCC uses “Moodle” for this purpose.
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Moodle: Central Community College uses this as its Learning Management System.
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Not another placeholder!
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Online:
P
Practicum
Q
Quality Matters:
R
Review:
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Student-Paced:
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Tally:
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Uptown:
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Viewbook:
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WIDS: Worldwide Instructional Design System - WIDS is the software Central Community College uses to house all of its curriculum and program assessment of student learning documentation.
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Worldwide Instructional Design System (WIDS) is all about curriculum. It simplifies curriculum development, alignment, and management. The WIDS web-based software is built to support a performance-based learning model – which includes:
- Competencies – major skills, knowledge or attitudes that are measurable and observable
- Learning Objectives – support skills, knowledge and attitudes that lead to mastery of a competency
- Performance Criteria – the principle or standards to which you will assess the student. The criteria will clarify the expectation the instructor has for the student in order to meet the competency.
The curriculum in WIDS is used college wide and has been articulated among all full time faculty that teach the course. Each course offered at CCC has a WIDS developed syllabus. The WIDS developed syllabus is the only syllabus used in the course and a link is placed within the Moodle course for availability to the students.
Moodle (also known as Blackboard Open LMS) is Central Community College's learning management system.
Learning Support Services (LSS) staff provide faculty support, training, and technical assistance for all assigned courses in Central Community College's (CCC's) learning management system (LMS) each term.
All Faculty are responsible for updating & maintaining courses according to the Approved LMS Moodle Template and Course Readiness Guide each semester. This includes updating the syllabus link in the (LMS) Moodle course to the current WIDS generated course syllabus and agree to meet all Course Management Deadlines. All faculty are responsible for requesting master course copies as needed for courses that only run once a year, not offered every semester, have new textbook updates & etc. LSS will create a back-up of course content if a course is canceled for any reason.
Full-time faculty have the option of becoming a DIY’er after their first year of teaching at CCC, have completed the LMS (Moodle) training offered at CCC, and with associate dean approval. Longtime adjunct faculty may be considered to become a DIY’er on an individual basis, per LSS & associate dean recommendation and the completion of the LMS (Moodle) training.
Non-Do-It-Yourself (Non-DIY) Faculty:
Your campus LSS staff will assist faculty in building, maintaining and importing your content into the Moodle shells each semester. Your campus LSS staff will provide support with all Moodle resources such as forums, glossaries, assignments, quizzes as well as offering advice and technical support.
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Faculty:
DIY faculty take responsibility for building, maintaining, and updating courses each semester and are responsible for importing course content into the upcoming semester shell. Your campus LSS staff will provide assistance as needed in the (LMS) Moodle, uploading quizzes as well as offering advice and technical support.
Course Management:
If you are a faculty that chooses to Do-It-Yourself (DIY), and wish to import your own course content, please return this agreement to your LSS staff on your campus. All other faculty are considered to be Non-DIY, and do not need to return this form. You only need to submit the form one time, or if you are changing from a Non-DIY to a DIY. Return agreement to LSS@cccneb.edu for the Spring Term by October 15, Summer Term by March 5, Fall Term by May 10.
March 5 (DIY and Non-DIY):
New/Updated Faculty Learning Management System Agreement returned to LSS.
March 16 (DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
April 1 (Non-DIY):
All new/updated content, grade book creation/updates due to LSS.
Monday prior to end of Fall term (Non-DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
*June 30 (DIY and Non-DIY):
**All "W" sections courses complete.
* 7 Days prior to Fall term (DIY and Non-DIY):
All non-"W" sections courses complete.
Student grades due two business days after the end of courses (DIY and Non-DIY).
Term access ends 5 PM the Friday after grades are posted (DIY and Non-DIY).
One week after the end of the Fall term:
- (Non-DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into a master course for safe keeping.
- (DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into master.
*If a course has a lead faculty who updates course content for multiple sections and instructors, the course must be student ready seven (7) days prior to the deadline listed above.
**If deadline cannot be met, communicate proposed completion date to LSS by last contract day of associated term.
October 15 (DIY and Non-DIY):
New/Updated Faculty Learning Management System Agreement returned to LSS.
October 15 (Non-DIY):
All new/updated content, grade book creation/updates due to LSS.
November 1 (DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
Monday prior to end of Fall term (Non-DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
*Day before last contract day of Fall term (DIY and Non-DIY):
**All "W" sections courses complete.
* 7 Days prior to Fall term (DIY and Non-DIY):
All non-"W" sections courses complete.
Student grades due two business days after the end of courses (DIY and Non-DIY).
Term access ends 5 PM the Friday after grades are posted (DIY and Non-DIY).
One week after the end of the Fall term:
- (Non-DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into a master course for safe keeping.
- (DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into master.
*If a course has a lead faculty who updates course content for multiple sections and instructors, the course must be student ready seven (7) days prior to the deadline listed above.
**If deadline cannot be met, communicate proposed completion date to LSS by last contract day of associated term.
March 5 (DIY and Non-DIY):
New/Updated Faculty Learning Management System Agreement returned to LSS.
March 5 (Non-DIY):
All new/updated content, grade book creation/updates due to LSS.
December 7 (DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
Monday prior to end of Spring term (Non-DIY):
Access to work on term shell.
*7 Days prior to Summer term (DIY and Non-DIY):
**All "W" sections courses complete.
* 7 Days prior to Summer term (DIY and Non-DIY):
All non-"W" sections courses complete.
Student grades due two business days after the end of courses (DIY and Non-DIY).
Term access ends 5 PM the Friday after grades are posted (DIY and Non-DIY).
One week after the end of the Spring term:
- (Non-DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into a master course for safe keeping.
- (DIY) Courses taught only this term imported into master.
*If a course has a lead faculty who updates course content for multiple sections and instructors, the course must be student ready seven (7) days prior to the deadline listed above.
**If deadline cannot be met, communicate proposed completion date to LSS by last contract day of associated term.